<p>After the well-publicized SAT score mess, you may wonder if YOU should request a hand scoring. Here's an article at Slate by Daniel Engber, Can</a> I Make Them Score My SAT by Hand?, that explains what's involved.</p>
<p>Well, I can see the advantages in going both ways. I would only have it hand scored if I was 90% sure that there was an error.</p>
<p>does this error also affect SAT II subject tests??</p>
<p>Since this entire debacle is being blamed on the humidity in the Northeast, wouldn't it make sense that ALL SAT Is and IIs that were taken during the storm would be affected? Why only 4000 SAT Is?</p>
<p>And the bigger question...I understand they RESCANNED these sheets...didn't hand score them. How in the world are they sure that the new scores are accurate.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if this applies to the essay portion of the test? If one pays $50 for hand-scoring, is the essay also rescored? My guess is that it does not apply to essays. </p>
<p>This whole thing really smells, as far as I'm concerned! CB has way too much power and makes way too much money at the expense of stressed-out kids! Hmmm, I feel better now!</p>
<p>I think you have to pay an extra $50 to get your essay handscored, Panhandlegal.</p>
<p>Requesting hand score makes sense only if you are 90% sure that your score is wrong. Then you must go these three steps: 1) hand-score; 2) a digital copy of your answer sheet, plus the questions and answers for the day you took the test; 3) fighting through the bureaucracy process. If your test is not in January, May, or October, forget it.</p>
<p>IIRC, there was a prior error made by CB when scoring the SAT II Chem tests last year. I don't believe it was a huge errror but it still was an error. I believe it was a 10 pointer.</p>
<p>A guy I know gained another 20 points out of the Chem SAT II error. His score went up from 730 to 750. Now that's going to matter!</p>
<p>are there any conspiracy theorists out there who wonder if the recent scoring error was an intentional marketing strategy by CB to earn more profits via fees for hand-scoring?</p>
<p>only about 1% of these SAT takers, whose lives revolve around the SAT score (99% of people on this board who took that test though - lol) would bother paying $50</p>
<p>When I first got my scores back from the 05 Oct SAT session, I did put in a hand-scoring request for the multiple choice in November, and when I received the reply in December, they said that there had been no change in my score. A few days ago, I discovered that I was actually one of the 4,000 whose SAT scores had been incorrectly graded. </p>
<p>Don't they grade the physical answer sheet, and not the scan they profess to have had trouble with? Then why didn't my scores change after I put in the request?</p>
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When I first got my scores back from the 05 Oct SAT session, I did put in a hand-scoring request for the multiple choice in November, and when I received the reply in December, they said that there had been no change in my score. A few days ago, I discovered that I was actually one of the 4,000 whose SAT scores had been incorrectly graded.</p>
<p>Don't they grade the physical answer sheet, and not the scan they profess to have had trouble with? Then why didn't my scores change after I put in the request?
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<p>If this is true, then apparently they lied to you and ripped you off (by not even handscoring your test). I would demand a refund if I were you.</p>
<p>I Hate Collegeboard. The JUST WANT OUR MONEY. Thank God I'm Done With Their Crap.</p>
<p>i was wondering if should spend 50 bucks on hand scoring...
i'm a bit suspicious because on the math section for the SAT I (december 2008)
i omitted one question which was in the "difficult" level, and got a 770. is this just a really
harsh scaling, or an error?</p>
<p>it's just a harsh scaling.</p>
<p>i heard about 1 curve where -1 in math meant you got a 760</p>